VISIBLE MENDING (IN THE MOMENT) (PB)

Blending memoir, textile history and cultural critique, this book-length braided essay explores the aesthetics and ethics of visible mending within contemporary Western culture. DeZur considers how acts of repair intersect with sustainability, status, fast fashion, and the politics of bodies - touching on fatphobia, ageism and the pressures of self-presentation. Throughout, she asks what it might mean to live and dress in ways that acknowledge wear, time and transformation.